[MISS STRICT, spoken]
And remember, Toffee: one day, you will thank me for this
(sung)
Blessed are we who toil and labor
Strive to bear the weight
Blessed are we who heed the calling
Reaching out to educate!
Praise the R's of education

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations, and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
Words on which we built our nation

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations, and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic
Rote and rhyme and rhetoric
Help in life but they don't stick like

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations, and respect!
[MISS STRICT, spoken]
Snap to it, Toffee!
(sung)
Shout it loud so they can hear ya

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations, and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
Preach it in the cafeteria

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
When the kid goes off the track
When that hoodlum sasses back
Let the sound and fury crack with

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations, and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
Let's define the roles we get to play;
I set the rules
And you obey!
Day to day the boss is "you-know-who"
So do what you're told
When you're told what to do!
Lead your forces into battle!
[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
Praise the Lord and seize the paddle!

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
Wield the sword to teach the pen
Sculpt the model citizen
Just employ this regimen of

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT, spoken]
Every soul from A to Z...

[KIDS, spoken]
From K through 12 to PhD!

[MISS STRICT, spoken]
Be shaped by this philosophy!
[KIDS, spoken]
The watchwords of conformity!

[MISS STRICT, spoken]
Teach 'em well!

[KIDS]
Spread the news!

[ALL, spoken]
By any means you have to use!

[MISS STRICT, spoken]
Sound off!

[KIDS, spoken]
One, two!

[MISS STRICT, spoken]
Red, white, blue
And Ha-le-loo!

[KIDS & MISS STRICT]
There's no writing on the lockers
There's no smoking in the restrooms
(Praise those rules)
There's no cursing in the classroom
(Regulations)
There's no running in the hall
(And respect!)
There's no spitting in the bandroom
(There's no spitting!)
There's no fighting in the office
(There's no fighting!)
There's no groping on the playground
(There's no groping!)

[ALL]
There's no breaking rules at all!

[MISS STRICT]
From the Arctic Cap to Roma!

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
What's the seed of each diploma?

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT]
How are decent people made?
What deserves the accolade?
Nothing helps you make the grade like

[KIDS]
Rules, regulations and respect!

[MISS STRICT & KIDS]
Nothing helps you make the grade like
(Ooh, ooh, ah)
Rules, regulations and...
Respect!
(How I love those rules and regulations!)
Ow! Let me hear those rules!
Let me hear those rules and regulations!
(How I love those rules and regulations!)
What earns the accolade?
Nothing helps you make the grade like
(How I love those rules and regulations!)

[ALL]
Rules, regulations and re --
Rules, regulations and respect!